Jiang Pengji listened to the shouts and counted the time. She seemed to have thought of something and her lips curled into a faint smile. .
"Captain Meng's side is almost ready, right?"
Jiang Pengji brought 15,000 men and Huang Song allocated 15,000 for the sneak attack on Hanchang Pass.
Jiang Pengji led 1,000 elites and went ahead first. She consulted the guards on the walls of Hanchang Pass and tried to delay as much time as possible.
The follow-up army followed closely, further pressuring Hanchang Pass.
It was the first time the two armies had cooperated, so it was inevitable that there were areas where they did not cooperate properly. To avoid holding each other back, Huang Song generously handed over his command and let his army cooperate with Jiang Pengji's. Cheng Jing followed the army as a strategist and listened to Jiang Pengji's orders.
He looked at the improved scaling ladders that Jiang Pengji's army took out and the cooperation of the archers. A strange look flashed across his dark eyes.
Cheng Jing said, "Looking at the time, it should be about time."
At the same time, the general guarding Hanchang Pass led his troops to attack the main camps of the two armies. However …
When the soldiers heard the shouts, not only did they not go forward to fight, but they picked up their weapons and fled in all directions, leaving only two empty camps.
The general guarding Hanchang Pass widened his eyes in shock. He angrily opened a few tents, but there was no one inside!
"We've been tricked … Watch out for an ambush …"
The general guarding Hanchang Pass's heart skipped a beat. He immediately ordered the army to turn around and return to support!
He originally thought that the enemy would set up an ambush outside the empty camp and launch a sneak attack when he led his troops into the camp. Who knew that even when the general guarding Hanchang Pass left the empty camp with his troops, the expected sneak attack still did not happen. Thinking of this, the general guarding Hanchang Pass felt a chill in his heart. An idea popped into his mind …
Liu Xi and Huang Song used all their troops in an attempt to attack Hanchang Pass!
Although Hanchang Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the combined forces of the Huang and Liu families were huge. If they attacked without any regard for anything, Hanchang Pass could not be defended.
"Quick … Quickly return to support …"
If they returned to support now and the enemy had not conquered Hanchang Pass, then he could lead his troops to attack the rear and prevent the enemy from taking care of both the front and the rear.
The general guarding Hanchang Pass hurriedly led his troops back to support. He only cared about arriving at the battlefield as soon as possible and did not care about concealing himself.
When they came, they were very careful and hurried. When they left, they wished that their parents had given them more legs and a pair of wings.
Because they were in a hurry, the army's formation became more and more disorganized.
Less than a quarter of an hour's journey from Cold Chang Pass, the defending general of Cold Chang Pass could already see the smoke rising from the city walls, and he grew increasingly anxious.
That was when the unforeseen event happened.
In the darkness of the night, arrows tore through the air, bringing with them a strong gust of wind as they flew towards the army, killing and injuring countless soldiers.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
The commander of Evercold Pass charged at the very front. He was also the first to discover the ambush.
Although he didn't die, his shoulder was shot by a stray arrow. The sharp arrowhead was embedded in his bone joint, and the pain made his eyeballs almost pop out of their sockets.
"Get into formation and face the enemy!"
He had never expected that the enemy would not set up an ambush in the empty camp, but instead set up an ambush on the road.
If they set up an ambush in an empty camp, the general in charge of guarding Cold Chang Pass would still be on tenterhooks. The army's formation would not be scattered, so a sneak attack would not be very effective.
What about now?
They were eager to return and the army only cared about rushing back, so they didn't notice that the army's formation was in disarray.
Meng Hun led his troops and set up an ambush along the way, intercepting and killing the returning reinforcements of Cold Chang Pass.
The two armies formed an alliance, and Meng Hun also had Huang Song's troops on his side.
However, they did not hand over command, and instead fought on their own.
Huang Song's family had many generals, and although this old general, Yuan Xin, was old, he fought bravely and fiercely.
Other than him, the other generals of the Yuan clan also performed well, killing the enemy bravely.
Meng Hun did not rush for quick success, and instead commanded the army to surround and kill the enemy.
Meng Hun and Fu Wang's commanding styles were different. Fu Wang was a fierce wild wolf. Whether it was attacking or defending, he exuded a frightening ruthlessness. Meng Hun was different. He didn't care about merits and achievements, and pursued the greatest rewards with the least sacrifices.
In other words, Fu Wang was a sharp blade, and Meng Hun was a thick shield.
Yuan Xin's eyes were red from killing, and his body was covered in the enemy's blood. He couldn't even remember how many heads he had chopped off.
"Pah — ya ya ya —"
Yuan Xin spat and yelled, using brute force to block the enemy's attacks, forcing them to retreat.
He killed his way, and the ground on both sides was littered with corpses. Only when most of the enemies were killed did Yuan Xin resentfully stop.
He hadn't killed enough —
His eyes were red, and he reluctantly put away the weapon that had harvested countless heads.
He glanced at Meng Hun from the corner of his eye, and he secretly spat on the ground, his eyes full of disdain.
Why?
Meng Hun had only killed a few people so far, and they were the heads that Meng Hun picked up after the enemy was defeated. His armor was clean.
Did he look like a general who charged into the battlefield?
"Tsk — you're not good at fighting, but you're good at commanding people with a glib tongue —"
Yuan Xin muttered and glanced at Meng Hun disdainfully.
Meng Hun joined Jiang Pengji's camp, and he spent most of his time training the troops. Almost every batch of recruits had been tortured by him, so Meng Hun had a high prestige in Jiang Pengji's camp. However, because he didn't have any outstanding achievements, Meng Hun's reputation wasn't that great.
Now that he was on the battlefield, he hadn't killed many people, his weapons were not stained with much blood, and his armor was clean. How was that appropriate?
For a general, the enemy's heads and the scars on his body were the real merits!
Yuan Xin didn't hide his dissatisfaction, and Nie Xun, who was ordered to supervise the troops, saw it.
"Captain Yuan — now that the two armies are cooperating, you can't —"
Before Nie Xun could finish, Yuan Xin looked straight ahead, bumped Nie Xun's shoulder, and walked away, refusing to listen to him.
The two passed each other, and Yuan Xin said in a hoarse voice, "Hmph — this is my business.
"Hmph! Why do you care about this old man's business? Who is Liu Xi? Does he need you to flatter him like this? "
In Yuan Xin's eyes, Meng Hun's performance was mediocre.
It was a disgrace for Yuan Xin to let such a person hold the military power.
Nie Xun didn't stand on the same side as him, but he even helped Meng Hun. It was unreasonable.
Thinking of this, Yuan Xin thought of Nie Xun and Meng Heng, who was under Jiang Pengji's camp.
Yuan Xin's eyes darkened, and he snorted.
He didn't trust Nie Xun, and now he was even more suspicious.
Nie Xun was wearing a scholar's robe, and Yuan Xin was wearing heavy armor. The latter's bump hurt Nie Xun's left shoulder, and it was probably going to bruise.
Yuan Xin left without looking back. He didn't even leave an apology. His attitude was terrible.
Nie Xun's pretty face turned ugly for a moment.
Yuan Xin used his seniority to flaunt his seniority in front of his lord, but he didn't even look at the situation of the battle. He was so stupid!
For the sake of the big picture, he swallowed his anger and temporarily put this episode to the back of his mind.
Meng Hun looked up at the sky and calculated the time in his heart. He led the troops to Hanchang Pass according to plan.
Although the defending general of Hanchang Pass had taken away the elites, there were still about 20,000 soldiers left to guard the pass.
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